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UK
/ɡwˈɑːnaɪn/
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[ US /ˈɡwɑˌnin/ ]
[ US /ˈɡwɑˌnin/ ]
NOUN
- a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine
How To Use guanine In A Sentence
- We have evaluated selected molecular interactions of nucleobases in the simulated structures to obtain further insight in similarities and differences between the ability of guanine and inosine to form quadruplexes.
- Of the four bases that make up DNA - adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine - only cytosine has the potential to be methylated in humans and most mammals.
- There are four types of nucleotides in DNA, each containing one of four bases - adenine, guanine, cytosine, or thymine.
- In DNA the bases pair to form a ladder-like structure, with adenine paired with thymine and guanine with cytosine.
- Each nucleotide unit is composed of a sugar, a phosphate, and one of four bases, adenine, cytosine, guanine, or thymine. Spider Bones
- The nitrogen-containing units are the bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil.
- A competitive pathway also converts 6-MP to its cytotoxic 6-thioguanine nucleotides (6-TGNs) that are associated with bone marrow suppression (leukopenia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia). Clinical studies: IBD treatment safety
- On single-stranded oligonucleotides, all the guanines are oxidized to the same extent.
- A number of catabolic enzymes were known: nucleases, nucleotidases, nucleosidases, deaminases (for guanine, adenine, adenosine, and adenylic acid), xanthine oxidase and uricase. Nobel Lecture The Purine Path To Chemotherapy
- She had used the base pairs of the DNA --- combinations of pairs of four nucleotides called adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thy mine -- to encode her message. Delta Search